Diagnostic Center for Population & Animal Health | 4125 Beaumont Road, Lansing, MI 48910-8104 | PH: 517.353.1683 FX: 517.353.5096 | animalhealth.msu.edu
Guide to sample selection and DCPAH tests
for differential diagnosis of toxins that cause CNS excitation
Toxicant (*)
Avitrol
Bromethalin
Samples of choice
Stomach contents,
serum, urine, liver
Stomach contents,
serum, urine, liver
Stomach contents,
serum, urine, liver
Stomach contents,
serum, urine, liver
Stomach contents, bait
Stomach contents, bait
Boric acid
Serum, liver, kidney
Carbamate pesticides
Whole blood in EDTA,
stomach contents, liver,
brain hemisphere,
environmental samples
Amphetamines
Antidepressants
Anti-diabetics
Antihistamines
Chlorinated pesticides
Cyanide salts
Serum, stomach
contents, liver, brain,
fat, environmental
samples
Whole blood in EDTA,
stomach contents, liver,
environmental samples
DCPAH tests
(test codes)
Comments
GC/MS (70006)
Medications, illicit drugs
GC/MS (70006)
Medications
GC/MS (70006)
Medications
GC/MS (70006)
Medications
Avitrol (70061)
Convulsants (70021)
ICP minerals (70025 or
70004)
Pesticide
Pesticide
Household pesticides
GC/MS (70006),
cholinesterase (70067,
70018)
Pesticides
Pesticides, chlorinated
(70020)
Pesticides
Cyanide (70022)
Scientific and industrial
uses
Diethyl toluamide (DEET)
Hair, serum
GC/MS (70006)
Pesticide, cats most
sensitive
Dinitrophenol
Stomach contents,
serum, urine, liver
GC/MS (70006)
Lumber preservative
Ethylene glycol
Bait, serum, urine,
liver, kidney
Ethylene glycol (70023)
or Minerals tissue
(70004)
Antifreeze
Hair, serum
GC/MS (70006)
Shampoos, cats most
sensitive
Stomach contents,
foam
GC/MS (70006)
Foam materials
Stomach contents, liver
GC/MS (70006)
Germicidal products
Essential oils
(pennyroyal, Dlemonene),
Flame retardants
(organophosphorous
type)
Hexachlorophene
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Toxicant (*)
Lead
Metaldehyde
Methylphenidate
Methylxanthines
(caffeine, theobromine,
theophylline)
Mushrooms (Psilocibe,
Amanita pantherina)
Nicotine
Organophosphorus
pesticides
Oxalic acid
Pentachlorophenol
Phenolic disinfectants
Phosphine (zinc,
magnesium or aluminum
phosphide)
Polyethylene glycol (paint
balls)
Pseudoephedrine
Pyrethrins and
pyrethroids
Recreational drugs
(cocaine, lysergic acid
diethylamide [LSD];
methamphetamines)
Samples of choice
Whole blood in EDTA,
liver, kidney
Stomach contents, liver
Stomach contents,
serum
Stomach contents,
serum, environmental
samples
DCPAH tests
(test codes)
Lead, blood (70019),
Minerals tissue (70004)
GC/MS (70006)
Comments
Heavy metal
Pesticide
GC/MS (70006)
Medication
Methylxanthines (70062)
Food
Plant ID (70043)
Natural toxins
GC/MS (70006)
Pesticide, tobacco
GC/MS (70006),
cholinesterase (70067,
70018)
Pesticide
Serum calcium (10381);
Minerals tissue (70004)
Household
GC/MS (70006)
Wood preservative
GC/MS (70006)
Germicidal products
Phosphine (70063)
Pesticide
GC/MS (70006)
Household
GC/MS (70006)
Medication
Hair, fat, liver, brain
GC/MS (70006)
Pesticides, cats most
sensitive
Urine, stomach
contents,
environmental samples
GC/MS (70006)
Illicit drugs
Mushroom specimen
Stomach contents,
serum, environmental
samples
Bait, stomach contents,
whole blood,
environmental samples,
liver, brain hemisphere
Serum, kidney
Stomach contents,
liver, environmental
samples
Stomach contents,
liver, environmental
samples
Stomach contents, bait
Stomach contents,
paint balls
Stomach contents,
serum, liver
Sodium ion
Serum, CSF, brain
Strychnine
Bait, stomach contents,
urine, liver
Tremorgenic mycotoxins
(penitrem A and
roquefortine)
Stomach contents,
environmental samples
Electrolytes, serum
(10130);
Minerals tissue (70004)
Strychnine (70052) or
GC/MS (70006)
Convulsants (70021)
Food, de-icers
Pesticide
Mycotoxins
(*)Please contact the lab for assistance if you have any questions concerning sample or test selection
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